The last time both teams met, Harvard held a 2-0 lead, but could not hold off Dartmouth down the stretch and fell 5-4 in a heartbreaker.
This time around, the Crimson and the Big Green engaged in one of the best college hockey games of the year, with Harvard emerging with the hard-fought 3-2 victory.
The loss ended Dartmouth's nine-game winning streak, and reestablished the Crimson as a contender for the national championship. .
Harvard played its best game of the season, with every player on the ice giving the maximum effort to gain victory over the top team in the nation. In the end, two individual efforts shone above the rest.
The Crimson knew it would have to play its best hockey of the year to match the Big Green, and so did junior co-captain Jennifer Botterill.
Botterill, the leading scorer in the ECAC and arguably the best player in women's hockey this season, made sure the Big Green would not stroll out of Bright Hockey Center with another victory.
With the score tied at 2-2 late in the third, Botterill took a pass from senior forward Tammy Shewchuk and broke loose down the middle.
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